Transcript OVERVIEW OF TELECOM SCENARIO IN INDIA

OVERVIEW OF TELECOM
SCENARIO IN INDIA
including rapidly changing technology
in the telecom
K. Sridhara
Member (Technology)
Department of Telecom
TDSAT SEMINAR 26 November 2006
Contents
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Telecom Sector
Current Telecom scenario
Key Policy initiatives
Technology development
Issues & challenges
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Telecom Sector
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Most vibrant sector with highest growth
rate – more than 60 lakh customers are
added every month
Plethora of services
Easier access/ availability
Drastic reduction in tariff
World class service
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Major classes of Services
• Fixed
Copper, Optical Fibre, Wireless
• Mobile
GSM and CDMA based
• Narrow band Voice, Internet, Fax
• Broad band
High speed Internet, Video
Current Telecom Scenario
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Total Number of Operators
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- Above 800
Access Service (Mobile & Fixed)
National Long Distance
International Long Distance
ISPs, Infrastructure providers etc.
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- Above 650
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Current Telecom Scenario
(contd)
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Fixed lines
Mobile lines
WLL Fixed
Total wireless lines
Teledensity
Internet connections
Broadband connection
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49.2 m
105.36 m
6.79 m
112.15 m
15.12
8.4 m
1.92 m
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Mobile Growth and effective charge per minute
18.00
66.00
60.00
NTP '99
16.00
Effective charge (in Rs. per min.)
Lowering of ADC
from 30% to 10%
of sector revenue
CPP
introduced
Telecom
Tariff Order
14.00
54.00
48.00
12.00
3rd & 4th
cellular
operator
10.00
WLL
introduce
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42.00
36.00
30.00
8.00
24.00
6.00
18.00
4.00
3.58
2.00
0.88
1.20
12.00
6.50
6.00
1.88
0.00
Mar-98
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Mobile subscriber base (in Million)
Fixed
Mobile (Rs./min)
Mobile Subscriber base (Millions)
0.00
Mar-99
Mar-00
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Mar-04
Mar-05
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Urban & Rural Teledensities
Sep-06
Mar-06
Sep-05
Mar-05
Sep-04
Mar-04
Sep-03
Mar-03
Sep-02
Mar-02
Sep-01
Mar-01
Sep-00
Mar-00
Sep-99
Mar-99
Sep-98
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Total
Rural
Urban
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40
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10
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Fall in STD Rates
(Rs/min)
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Pre – April 1999
April 1999
October 2000
January 2002
March 2003
April 2004
September 2004
March 2006
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4.80
3.60
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Key Policy Initiatives/milestones
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New Economic Policy (1991)
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Opening up of Telecom service sector (Mobile –
metros)
National Telecom Policy 1994
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Telecom, key for development
Inadequacy of public resource to meet demand
Private sector to supplement Govt.
Provide world class telecom service at affordable
cost
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Key Policy initiatives (contd..)
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Establishment of TRAI (1997)
New Telecom Policy (NTP 99)
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Transition from fixed license fee to revenue
share
Introduction of free competition
Technology neutral licenses
Tariff rebalancing
Creation of BSNL (2000)
Establishment of TDSAT (2000)
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Key Policy initiatives (contd..)
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Opening of National & International long
distance
Launching of mobile service by BSNL
(2002)
Establishment of USO Fund
Broadband policy (2004)
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Technology Trend
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Optical fiber based wireline networks
Wireless networks
GSM,CDMA based mobile
VSAT based satellite
WiMax
Next Generation Networks
Voice , Data,Video convergence
Telecom networks increasingly software
intensive
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Subscribers Wish List
VIRTUAL PRESENCE
Speak, Hear, See, Seek, Store Info
Instantaneously & Interactively
Perhaps feeling and sharing ambience
Seamlessly , Everywhere , Always
at
Affordable cost with Agreed Quality of Service
Convergence
• Scenario for Residences
Members of the same household are
On-line Simultaneously
• Browsing Web
• Watching, Downloading & Recording Video
• Digital Audio & Video Broadcast
Future Growth
 Demand
for Wireless based services.
 Content rich services.
IP based technology to provide requisite
cost economics to achieve attractive
business cases.
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CONTENT RICH TELECOM SERVICES
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LOCATION BASED SERVICES, USING
DIGITAL MAPS.
VIRTUAL PRIVATE NETWORKS
VIDEO CONFERENCING.
e-EDUCATION
e-MEDICINE
INTERACTION WITH GOVERNMENT
ENTERTAINMENT
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Issues to be addressed in the
Indian Scenario
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Unique Rural Scenario : low teledensity
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Need for Spectrum re-farming & reallocation
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Lack of Content in Local Languages
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Confidence on e-Commerce
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Network Security
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Bridging Digital Divide
The real Challenge !
How effectively can the:
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Government with its policies
TRAI with regulation &
TDSAT with dispute resolution
can keep pace with the fastest growing
and complex Telecom sector
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THANK YOU
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